- Please send 3-5 poems / no more than 10 pages in a single document. - No previously published work. - Simultaneous submissions are welcome, if you notify us immediately if poems are accepted elsewhere. Poetry has a fairly fast turnaround, so please be respectful of this request. If you need to withdraw a single poem from a group, please send us a message via the Submittable system, rather than send an email, as these can get lost in the shuffle. - Please submit no more than once per reading period, unless invited to do so otherwise. - We appreciate a cover letter that includes a brief bio.
We are offering a new Tip Jar/Expedited reading service to our contributors. For a nominal fee ($3.00), we will guarantee a careful, expedited reading of your work. The works of authors who opt to use the expedited submissions link will be attended to first. All funds from submissions will go toward meeting the rising costs of operating and maintaining the journal. Thank you in advance for your support. - Please send 3-5 poems / no more than 10 pages in a single document. - No previously published work. - Simultaneous submissions are welcome, if you notify us immediately if poems are accepted elsewhere. Poetry has a fairly fast turnaround, so please be respectful of this request. If you need to withdraw a single poem from a group, please add a note via the Submittable system, rather than send an email, as these can get lost in the shuffle. - Please submit no more than once per reading period, unless invited to do so otherwise. - We appreciate a cover letter that includes a brief bio.
Please send 1 piece of fiction, or 2 pieces of flash or micro fiction, during open submission period.
There are no page limits or word counts set for individual submissions (however, that being said, since we are an online publication, we tend to select shorter works—under 7000 words—because of the medium).
Simultaneous submissions permitted, just let us know if the work is accepted elsewhere.
Previously published work is not accepted.
Manuscripts should be 12 point font and double-spaced.
We are offering a new Tip Jar/Expedited reading service to our contributors. For a nominal fee ($3.00), we will guarantee a careful, expedited reading of your work. The works of authors who opt to use the expedited submissions link will be attended to first. All funds from submissions will go toward meeting the rising costs of operating and maintaining the journal. Thank you in advance for your support.
Please send 1 piece of fiction, or 2 pieces of flash or micro fiction.
There are no page limits or word counts set for individual submissions (however, that being said, since we are an online publication, we tend to select shorter works—under 7000 words—because of the medium).
Simultaneous submissions permitted, just let us know if the work is accepted elsewhere.
Previously published work is not accepted.
Manuscripts should be 12 point font and double-spaced.
Essay, Creative Nonfiction
Please send one essay or up to two flash nonfiction pieces at a time.
We are offering a new Tip Jar/Expedited reading service to our contributors. For a nominal fee ($3.00), we will guarantee a careful, expedited reading of your work. The works of authors who opt to use the expedited submissions link will be attended to first. All funds from submissions will go toward meeting the rising costs of operating and maintaining the journal. Thank you in advance for your support. Essay, Creative Nonfiction Please send one essay or up to two flash nonfiction pieces at a time.
Artists: Please submit up to 6 images. We want to get sense of the range or you work. Plus, we normally publish 4-6 images by an artist in any given issue. We publish painting, print making, 3-D art, photography, music, graphic art.
Interviews: Our best advice, read an issue or two to get a sense of which authors and which books our readers might be interested in learning more about (up to 6000 words).
Ephemera: Surprise us. Have you written something that doesn’t fit or openly defies genre style? Have an old stack of grocery lists where purchasing patterns started to look like a new genre of writing? Send it our way.
Multi-media/multi-genre: Murals, collabs, book art, performance art, photo essays, graphic novels, anything that distorts or bends boundaries.
We are offering a new Tip Jar/Expedited reading service to our contributors. For a nominal fee ($3.00), we will guarantee a careful, expedited viewing of your work. The works of artists/authors who opt to use the expedited submissions link will be attended to first. All funds from submissions will go toward meeting the rising costs of operating and maintaining the journal. Thank you in advance for your support.
Artists: Please submit up to 6 images. We want to get sense of the range or you work. Plus, we normally publish 4-6 images by an artist in any given issue. We publish painting, print making, 3-D art, photography, music, graphic art.
Interviews: Our best advice, read an issue or two to get a sense of which authors and which books our readers might be interested in learning more about (up to 6000 words).
Ephemera: Surprise us. Have you written something that doesn’t fit or openly defies genre style? Have an old stack of grocery lists where purchasing patterns started to look like a new genre of writing? Send it our way.
Multi-media/multi-genre: Murals, collabs, book art, performance art, photo essays, graphic novels, anything that distorts or bends boundaries.
Midway offers a variety of editing services on works not submitted for publication consideration via Submittable. Editing service inquiries can be sent to editors@midwayjournal.com, subject line Editing Services Inquiry. Editing will be performed by Midway genre editors.
In the Genre box below, please indicate the genre of your submission. In the Comments box, please feel free to leave a note about anything specific you would like us to focus on as we spend time with your work. We will edit the poems/prose electronically using track changes. We will return the work to you via Submittable. Please wait at least two weeks before making any inquiries on the status of your submission.
For poetry, we will consider everything from word and line edits, to theme, form, and style development. For prose, we will consider everything from word choice and sentence structure to character and conflict development to overall narrative structure and form. If the work submitted is linked in a particular way (e.g. a sonnet cycle), please let us know, and we will regard the submission with this formal consideration in mind.
All fees include a one-on-one consultation regarding your work.
Fiction/Nonfiction or Poetry Editing Service Options
Option 1:
Fiction/Nonfiction: $40 for 2 works of flash fiction/nonfiction or 1 story/essay up to 8 double-spaced pages/2,000 words.
or
Poetry: $40 for up to 6 pages of poetry, one poem per page.
Option 2:
Fiction/Nonfiction: $60 for up to 4 works of flash fiction/nonfiction or 1-2 longer stories/essays, totaling up to 16 double-spaced pages/4,000 words.
or
Poetry: $60 for up to 12 pages of poetry, one poem per page.
Option 3:
Fiction/Nonfiction: $80 for up to 6 works of flash fiction/nonfiction or 1-3 longer stories/essays, totaling up to 24 double-spaced pages/6,000 words.
or
Poetry: $80 for up to 18 pages of poetry, one poem per page.
CHAPBOOKS:
Fiction/Nonfiction or Poetry Chapbook Editing Service Options:
For poetry chapbooks, we will consider everything from word and line edits, to theme, form, style development, title choice, and poem organization.
For prose chapbooks, we will consider everything from word choice and sentence structure to character and conflict development to overall narrative structure and form to story selection and organization.
In the Genre box below, please indicate the genre of your chapbook submission. In the Comments box, please feel free to leave a note about anything specific you would like us to focus on as we spend time with your work. We will edit the poetry/prose chapbooks electronically using track changes. We will return the work to you via Submittable. Please wait at least two weeks before making any inquiries on the status of your submission. Please do not submit chapbooks that are under submission with publishers.
All fees include a one-on-one consultation regarding your work.
Option 4:
Poetry/Fiction/Nonfiction chapbooks: $150 for manuscripts up to 30 pages.
Option 5:
Poetry/Fiction/Nonfiction chapbooks: $200 for manuscripts between 31-40 pages.
Please upload your work as a single .doc or .docx file.